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Articles: Special Needs
Waking Up James
When I first met seven-year-old James, he showed definite signs of autistic behavior: no eye contact, random speech, inability… Continued...
Author: Charlotte Palumbo | Filed under: Balance and Falling Special Needs
The Feldenkrais Method with Atypical Children
For the past several years, Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Linda Flanders, has been working with atypical children; those who have complex… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
The Feldenkrais Method for Children with Cerebral Palsy
The first scholarly research paper on the use of the Feldenkrais Method® with children was written by Chava Selhav… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
Regaining Balance
She couldn’t run. She couldn’t keep her balance. Even walking became difficult. For the last 33 years, Holly S.… Continued...
Filed under: Balance and Falling Special Needs
Moving in Spite of Post-Polio Syndrome
Being a polio survivor and self-propelling a wheelchair for 40-plus years can leave one with lots of shoulder problems.… Continued...
Filed under: Special Needs
Movement as a Model of Learning
“It has always been my dream to introduce Feldenkrais® to the schools’ main curriculum, as a subject in its… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
Healing the Heart: the Feldenkrais Part
Kenn Chase has been on the leading edge of treatment programs for people with heart disease for almost 20… Continued...
Filed under: Special Needs
Developing the Whole Child
Feldenkrais® practitioner Kathy Yates vividly remembers the first time she heard one of her young students with special needs… Continued...
Author: Barbara Forbes, GCFP | Filed under: Children Special Needs
A Case in Persistence and Learning
Jan is one of those people who just doesn’t take no for an answer, even when it comes from… Continued...
Author: Pat Buchanan, PhD, ATC, PT, GCFT | Filed under: Introduction The Back Balance and Falling Chronic Pain Enriching Daily Life Flexibility Recovery The Shoulders Special Needs Walking
Awareness Through Movement® Classes at a Nursing Home
“What you can do you can imagine, and what you can imagine you can do.” – Moshe Feldenkrais
… Continued...Author: Louise Vesper, GCFP | Filed under: ATM Lessons The Elder Citizen Special Needs
ATM Classes for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
The Southern California Chapter of the MS Society has been running an Awareness Through Movement® class almost continuously since… Continued...
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An Interview with Anat Baniel
Anat Baniel is world-renowned for her Feldenkrais® work with children. In this interview, she clarifies many questions about the… Continued...
Filed under: Children Special Needs
A Dynamic Systems Approach: A Revolutionary Perspective on Childhood Development Theory
For at least half a century, the prevailing idea of childhood development has been that the basic sequence of… Continued...
Author: Ann Harman, GCFP | Filed under: Children Special Needs Walking